# spirrelig

spirrelig is a German adjective meaning “scrawny”. Forms: spirreliger, am spirreligsten.

## Forms

- Comparative: spirreliger
- Superlative: am spirreligsten

## Meanings

1. _Germany · Northeastern · regional_ scrawny, thin, weakly (especially of plants and people)
   - [Der Hengst] war auf der Flachen nicht an den Start zu bringen, so wenig wie jetzt an die Hürde. Dabei könnte er durch die spirrelige Hecke einfach durchlaufen. — [The stallion] was impossible to get going across flat ground, just as little as with the hurdles now. When, really, it could just walk right on through the thin brush.

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